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PUBLISHED BY I HANCOCK, GKAHAM & REILLY, j Volume 17. BSVOTSJ TO HEWS, POUTICS fcSSXJBSSS—-CTISPBIIBEITT UT ALL , THINGS. AMERICUS, GEOBGIA, JTJLY 29 ' 1870 TERMS* 1 Tl\ree Dollars a Year, ( payable ci mjun^. Number 23. |{ S tr» ft AilT*rfl.l»p. _ Sr,t ♦..MOnj *,rrSCi’ .TsU^ nu ,, a ,K«*r; !*in'.c.ii- 1 eontracio.l for rill Tie •i' r r' «lc-nu-.^ opacifying tlie length of . 'f.' r wliifb A". v *Tf 1 o be inserted will be con- until .'i d* r’> J out and charged for aecord- •!* rfn« me:itin o.'<'opy fixed places •will be talc, f per levy)... Professional Cards. J. L. McDonald, Dcxitifat, •j'.lt'VS, .... GEORGIA.; street, j DOiTT STAY LATK ','O.HQ«T? r Tlia hearth of home is beaming. With rays of rosy light; And lorely erca are gleaming. As falls the shades of nig:-*; And while uy step* are leaving The circle pare and bright, A lender voice, half grieving, Says, “ Don’ stay late to-night.” The world in which <bon moves! Is busy bravo and vriJe; The wfl^ld of her thou lovest Is oV jhe single tide. She waits'fur thy- warm greeting ; Thy smile is her ck-light; ’’ ib-rgentio voioiotitreatiiig. Says, “ Dontt »ti*y late to-night." ». The world is col],inhuman, Will spurn theo In i by f«L; < ’ ’ The lovo of one pare woman Outlasts and shames them all. Thy clu'ldren will ding round thee, T^*t fate be dark or bright; At home no shaft will wound thee. Than, “Don't stay i*tf to-night.” A TRUE STORY. In the evening of the day on which Alice arrived at S > a great tem- Here tho speaker's "emotion overcame j him. His utterance became choked and ! he stood silent with bowed fce$| and j ‘fjRpw tkeC ifUquirrr. vCotitmbiu, To tkeYrnwg' Men of Oeot- Is there > pleasure and profit to the oralo-.wiinu, health, and character it strictly cash. nprltf XO MfiHT SHALL. BE XJT IIEAVEV - r No night shall be in heaven—no gathering gloom [ Shall o'er that glorious landscape ever come: | No tears shall fall in sadness o’er tho«o flowers | That breathe their fragrance t!»ro‘ celestial HAWKINS & BURKE. attorneyo at Zjat Americas, Georgia. ^ No night shall bo in heaven—no dreadful hour lental darkness, or the tempter's power; jss those skies no envious clouds shall roll lim the sunlight of the euraptnred soul. No night shall be in heaven, 1'orbid to sleep. Those eyes no more theic mournful vigils keep; 'ULtaii.a dried, their tears all wiped Jno. D. CARTER, Tft ft SET Vi' hk'W, Americas, Georgia. V ,.ini ri'llogc si rcets. may 18 tf. FORT & HOLLIS, lyfftftSKTS ’IT L AW, Aiul Solicitors of Patent-*. A meriens. Georgia. . I ill • r .Jin over Jt. T.Byr.l’e store. april 29 tf SAM. LUMPKIN, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Aseneua, Georgia. .-iiwstic-j it. ali the courts ..f 8. W. Ga. . • >.v i.('mission, to Dr. Win. A. Greene. HICK! JACK BROWN, . ttornoy at La - AMERICUS, GA. Ofr.ce in Court House with Jndg« fei>: N. A. SMITH, ILL pit Loy a t Xj a w. in the Courts of Sumter and unties, and in Circuit Court of um.-e on (*'hege street, next to nepubli- feb 2i tf._ J. A. ANSLEY, Attorney-atLaw HAWKINS & GTJEKRY, Attorneys-at-Lav/, i. :r professional services to the public, ntii'ue tom-actios in Sumter and adjoin- ;::a«*s. amt in United States Circuit and t Courts at Savannah. Particular atten- v. r. to collections. Office-corner College in»r utrwte, over Grar.lterry A Co's. A. EBBOWN, ATTORNEJ AT LAW, ■■“ eUh » Georgia. George W. Wooten, ATTORNKY-AT-I.AW, Amoricua, - - - Gha. 1hy gaze nndazzled on eternal day. No night shall l>o in heaven; no sorrow's reign, I No secret anguish, no corporeal pain, No shivering limb, no burning fever there. No soul's eclipse, no winter of despair. No night shall be in heaven, bnt endless noon: No fast declining sun, nor waning moon; Hut there the Lamb shall yield jterpetual light Mid pastures green and waters ever bright. No night shall l>e in heaven, no darken,*! No l«dof death—hot silence of the tomb; Hut breezes ever fresh with Jovo and truth the frame with nn immortal youth. No night shall be in heaven. But night is hero The night of sorrow and the night of fear; the ills that now my steps at end And shrink from others that may impead. No night shall be iu heaven; Oh! bad 1 faith, in what the faithful witnessess phantoms And lea E. janlStf B. AMOS, Attomoy- at-Imw, AM Kill Cl'S, GA., WILLj;.\e pronot attention to professional - • ‘ u t “° different courtsofSumter, . —— i — amJ adjouungcountiee. 'ley, ov-r Jt. Emanuel* Jun 9-tf GEORGE W. RIMBROUGHT T. L. CLARKE, attorney at law. PRESTON, GEOROIA. OB* WILLIAM A. GREENE, AMKBICUS, GEORGIA. to serve bis friends of Ataerieus .„fi. "" coantr :'»'» all the depart- Profowiou. aprlC-ly Dr. J. B. HINKLE U LI' again tender bis services (in all the • “> *• l»04 i Aim ru.ua and Snmter connta and so- - conur.uance of the liberal jitronagi '■n r,- UhtetTid upon him. Nt- ial attention given to Surgery. asJwFSi* 1 t ‘*2>WS Store of Dr. J1 J. Jor V n 1 ‘ 0mdenc ® fruntxag that of Her. 3. U4n - rjwne 8 tf Dr. S. B. HAWKINS. 0FFIC E Dr. Eidridge's Drag Store. v m ar the Methodist Church. ‘•vs 1 again lo nder the good people inu country geucraJly. )r ' wr D. COOPER, a* ,,r V fet,8io nal rvices to the dti- ' •- “fences and surrounding country i Houj F ' Coo P cr * Office—Cornel n... at Mr. Thus. Hatrold’s, College 1^31. -M. D. McLEOD, Ameri- ^ Eye and Eg * *ieiroixnuon cured by mechanica u.iiti* n in four months. Palsy ■«vtro “d Nervous Diseases cure* ••'lie. febl7.tf i>R. S. K. TURNER j frorn the counties of Sumtci l,i:‘ i. ‘ ln, °nn his irisnds snd old patron* :r '« I. d Cjintonville, Alabama « u red -dtseew* tim nit s. y. „***• WKl "-ore especially those of ’ :: *edijM ¥ m **y letter, tot sent to suit the caa~ or* vi 0SIE R. STANFIELD, >■ ™ "nd Shot Malc-r t "“S*. jiawMlm. o night henceforth on earth te me. A Terrible Fight. An jlfrieau traveler gives the following account of a light between panthers and alligators: The cause of strife was plain; but how it began, who commenced it, I at least could only guess. There were six com batants—four hlack panthers, two alliga tors, each hideons—one about twenty- five feet in length, the other, perhaps, twenty-two feet. The bone of conten tion was the dead carcass of a panther. Blood-stained jaws, throats, breast and paws showed ti e panthers had been en gaged in the brotherly office of - burying their own dead—in their stomachs. While engaged in this pions duty they were assailed by the alligators, who wish ed to render the same service, and were bent upon doing it. Whether the sensi bilities of the saurians were shocked at the cannibalism of the panthers was not stated, lioth partes being too “eager for the fray” to talk. Alternately fighting wickedly and tugging furiously at the partially-devonred carcass of the panther that had intended doing me the honor of breakfasting upon me, they heard ns not. The body x\ as torn open—the inside turn ed ont—woeful lacerations of flank and breast told how earnest his brethren were in their efforts to retain him in the fami ly. He should not he buried in a strange soil—they wpnld take liim to their own bosoms. They bad, piobably, been interrupted by the saurians, but they fought stoutly, and being two to one, though inferior in size, the issue was doubtful. Already one of the short legs of the largest alligator was broken, and one of liis flanks open ed; had tiie opening been a little larger, the entire possessions of the saorian must have been scattered over the earth. One of the panthers was dilapidated— embraced by the shear-like jaws of the alligator, some ribs had succumbed ; an other had a hind-leg fractured; a third had the side of his neck flayed, as if skin ned by one skillful at the work, the flap trailing on the ground as he fought The panthers fought for life, and what sus tains life; the saurians fonght for the only thing they ever fought for—something to eat. The great effort of the latter was to crush the bodies oi their opponents be tween their elongated jaws. The aim of the panthers was to avoid that, dodg ing ubout like the fleas, biting here and therein the “soft parts,” as surgeons ; but even these parts, though soft, re tough, and not easily torn. To at tack in front was hazardous; behind, near- lyssbad. The long, sweeping tails in meted heavy blows, which would break the backs of a dozen panthers. All the latter effected underneath, as they could. The saurians, while fighting, tugged the coltl meat toward the water; the panthers pulled it back. Once in the lake, the panthers were done. There they could Uave no power; their antagonists being imphibions. their chief power was in the water. The roarsand yells were frightful; there was more noise than work. A disastrous movement of tlifi saurians gave the pan thers an advantage. One saorian strove to get a panther betweon his ponderous jaws. The under-jaw having no due articulation, the npper one rises and falls like the lid of a box opening likewise.— As the saurian was closing his jaws upon the panther, as he thought, the other laurnui, by a blow or his tail, hurled the panther quite beyond tic reach of the «ud jaws, and the tail entered them!— The jaw snapped down viciously—rthe tail was curtailed. Rendered harmless as a thrashing machine for ever, its owner be came on easy conquest for tiie panthers. Yells told the tale of the yoo that had befallen the sr.urian's tail. The rear was underfended—the panthers made on as sault—in three minutes hind-legs, flanks and stomach were so lacerated that the saurian'was done for. The two panth ers engaged upon his rear joined the oth er two; four to one were long odds, The reptile was not easily beaten, even then; he got a panther into his’ mouth, but he was too long about it * As aome peopte say he “catowbampoossfy chawed him up,” bat seemed to enjoy Umboabouche, while the other three were benttopon his destruction. With much craft they seiz ed.his throat when his- month was full, and by dint of mutual tugging made * large opening in it than that* madezbj nature- Bothwmrians were settled. It wua time for ns to settle the panthers.-^ One panther hadhis back broken, all the rest wero worse /br wear; and they took but little killing: oung men, who ore to be ,— hourly standing on the the crowd. A single female figure, , comers of tfe streets and lounging about before whom every one appeared instinc-1 hotels, bar'rooms, billiard tables, and ' -vely to give way, was seen passing the ! * * . faftlonable saloons”? Is there **«■ This not ob3?rved by De,,n-1 cy until she had oome nearly in front of; destiny of every young man for wert br the platform on which he stood. The j woe. Idleness is the mother of vioS*,'and movement caught his ear, and lifting his j lioness the handmaid of crime. Idleness eyes, they instantly fell on Alice ; for it ’ ’ •*»""** ”*♦** *-*• — * trembling limbs. The dense perance meeting was to be held in one of; people were hushed into an oppressive ( w f . n w the churches. Her friend, who had be-1 stillness, that was brokenfliere and there idleness? If pleasure, what kindof pleas- come enthusiastic in the cause, urged her j by half stifled sobs. intelligent, good -looking, to go to the meeting, which Alice did, At this moment there was a movement j thtilyLand'^uriy 11 standing was crowded above and below. The preliminaries, usually appertaining to j such meetings, having been arranged, a • brief opening address was made by one of|tho ministeis. A reformed man then I related his experience with great effect Alter he had finished, there was a pause I of nearly a minute. At length a man who had been seated far back, with his face partly turned from the audience, arose slowly and oved to the front of the stage. A half suppressed exclamation es caped Alice, as her eyes caught the well* known features of her husband, while a quick thrill ran through her. Then her framo trembled in accordance with her fluttering heait. The face of Mr. Delan ey had greatly changed since she had last looked upon it. Its calm, dignified ele vation had been restored but what a dif ference ? ‘Mr. President,’ he began in a broken voice, ‘although I had consented at yonr urgent solicitation to address this largo assembly to-night, yeti have felt so strong a reluctance to do so that it has been with the utmost difficulty that I could drag myself forward. But I hod passed my word and conld not violate it. As to relating my experience that I do not think I can venture upon. The past dare not recall. Would to Heaven that just ten years of my life were blot ted out. The speaker here paused a moment, al ready much affected. Then resuming in a firmer voice he said : ‘Bat something must be said of my m case, or I shall fail to make that im pression on your mind which I wish to produce. Pictures of real life touch thp heart with power, while abstract presentations of truth gbtter coldly in the intellectual regions of the mind, and then fade from the perception like figures in a di orama. Your speaker once stood among the first members of the bar in a neighbor ing State. Nay, more than that—he represented his county for three years the Assembly of tho commonwealth, and more than that still, occupied a seat in Congress for two congressional periods.” At this point the stillness of death per vaded the crowded assembly. “And yet more than that, “he continued, his voice sinking in a low thrilling tone, “he had tenderly loved wife and two sweet children. Bat all those honors—all these blessings have departed from him,” he continued, his voice growing loader and deeper in his efforts to con trol himself. “Hewas unworthy tore- tain them!” His constituents threw him off because he had debased himself and disgraced them—-and worse than all—she who had loved him devotedly, who had borne him two dear babes, was forced to aban don him, and seek an asylum in her father’s house. And vhy? Conld I become so changed in a few years? What power was there to abase me that my fellow being spurned and even t-lie wife of my bosom turned heart-stricken from me ? Alas! my friends it was a demon. A Circe, chang ing the human into the bestial. But for this, I were an honorable and useful rep resentative in Congress, pursuing after my country’s good, and blest in the home circle with wife and children. But I have not told you all. After my wife separated from me, I sank rapidly. A state of sobriety brought too many terrible thoughts^ I therefore drank more freely, and was rarely if ev er from under the bewildering effects of intoxication. I remained iu the eame village for some years, but never once saw her during that time—nor even a glimpse of my children. At last I came so abandoned iu my life, that my wife, urged on by lier friends, filed an appU- cation for a divorce, and as a cause could be easily shown why it should be granted, separation, was legally declared. To complete, iny disgrace, at the next Congressional canvass I was left off the ticket, as unfit to represent the district. I left tbeeonaty and State where I had lived from iny boyhood up. Three years have passed since then.— For two yean? of the period, I abandoned myself to the fearfnl appetite I hod ac quired. Then I heard of the Temper ance movement. At first I sneered, then wondered, hesitated, and finally threw myself upon the great wave that was sweeping onward, in the hope of being carried by it far out of tho reach of dan ger ; and 1 did not hope with vain hope. It did loir me all and more than I ooohl have deemed possible. It set me at once upon jny feet—once more mode a mim of. me. A year of sobriety, earnest devotion to my profession, and fervent prayer to Him who alone gives strength in every good resolution, has restored tome much that had been lost; but not all—not the richest troanre that I proved myself, unworthy to retain ; not -my wife and children. Ah! between myself and these, the law lute laid its sable interdiction, wife; no longer children, though my heart goes ont towards those dearly be loved ones with the tenderest yearnings. Pictures of our early days of wedded love are ever lingering in my imagination. I dream of the dear fire-side circle; I see ever before me the once placid face of my Alice, aa her eye looked, into my own with confidence. I fed her anna twine wrdaiidzQjneek, the masicof her voice is ever sounding in my oar.” she who was pressing forward—he bent towards her with snd den upUfted hands and eager eyes, and stood like a statue until she had gained the stand and advanced quietly by his side. For a mo ment they stood thus, the whole audi ence thrilled with the scene, wero upon their feet and bending forward. Then Delaney opened his arms, and Alice threw herself npon his bosom -with a quick and wild gesture. Thus for the space of a minute they stood, everyone, by a singular intuition, understanding the scene. One of the ministers then came forward and gently separated them. “No, no,” said* Delaney, “you mns) not—you cannot take her away from me.” “Heaven forbid that I should do that,” replied the minister. “By yonr confes sion she is not your wife.” “No, she is not.” repUed Delaney mournfully. “But she is ready to renew her vows again,” AUce said, smiling through her tears, that now rained over her face. Before that assembly, all standing, and with few dry eyes, was said in a broken voice, tlio marriage ceremony that gave Delaney and Alice to each other. As the minister, an aged man, with thin white locks, finished tho rite, he laid his liands npon the heads of the two he joined in holy bonds, and lifting up his aged eyes, that streamed with drops of gladness, he said in a solemn voice ; “What God has joined together, let notRun put asunder.” “Ames !” was cried by the whole sembly, as with a single voice. Proceedings of the Atlanta Con gressional Agency. t RESOIXTIOXS. Special to the Telegraph and Messenger ;) Atlanta, July 20.—Senate—A motion to reconsider the indefinite postpone ment of the resolution to appoint mittee 'on relief, prevailed—yeas, 19; nays, 17, The tabled resolution, declaring Aaron Alpeoria Bradley ineligible, was taken up. Bradley spoke till 1 o’clock, when the Senate adjourned. Friday (to-morrow) will lie observed, the anniversary of the ljattle of Bull Run. e met Bradley denounced the prolongationist House.—Hall of the Fnance Commit tee, reported favorably on the resolution requiring the Comptroller General to as certain the exact amount due and set apart as a school fund. A communication from the Treasurer was received and referred to the Finance Committee. Hillyer, of jibe Penitentiary Com mittee, reported favoring the present contract system The wliipping report was made tho special order for Wednes day next. Fitzpatrick denounced that part of the report referring to him as a liar. Tweedy offered the following resolu tions: Whereas, The Senators and Rep resentatives of Georgia have not been ad mitted to Congress, and the military order appointing Gen. Terry commandant of this Division revoked, we deem it expe dient and improper by any legislation of the General Assembly, or any action by the people of the State, to impede the ad mission of Senators and Representatives i December. Resolved, That no election shall be held Georgia until after the final action of Congress, fully recognizing the accom plishments of the Reconstruction act, by young men into habits of vice and laziness—intrr-luces them into habits of crime. Young men were formed for a nobler and higher purpose than, to be the dupes of idleness and the slave of laziness. Impressed with the image -of their Creator and inheriting to some ex tent the dignity and character of the Author of their being, they should blush wn that they were $ho dupes of the or tho slaves of the other; but, Uke i, rise to the capacity M reason and their original rnjht& and repel these,vilq invaders from their hignaomimons, thaf employment and industry may be the rules to govern the direction of their high estates. Young men who lead lives of idleness and lazin indulgent . rf ions. From the bar room to the billiard room they go, and from these to gaming tables; they retire, moral lepers, without a thought of father, mother, sisters and brothers, only as persona that .were.— Who can measure the dimensions of vice.” who can run tho line of its lengths, sound its depths, and traverse its widths? We can get some idea of the effects of vice npon human life and character, when we look upon yonder young man passing by. Once he was the pride of his father’s heart, the reservoir of his fond mother’s hopes, the one around which entwined the soft and gentle affections of a loving and devoted sister, and the abject Uttle brother so boastfully looked up to. See him now! a moral and physical wreck— lost to a senso of shamo, he hobbles along, tho recipient of pungent and loathsome disease. What wrought this change this young man’s life and character? was standing idle on the corners of the streets, smoking cigars, sporting black walking canes, and visiting bar rooms, billiard rooms, gaming tables, and “nice fashionable saloons.” Poor fellow! if ever he thinks now of father, mother, and home, oi little sister and brother, of the old oak in the yard they used to play un der, and of the swing lie was wont to push them forward and backward in—it is with pain. It was but a few days ago, I passed the home of a wealthy and highly cultivated young lady. I saw her working in the flower garden. I stopped and naked her why Rhe used the hoe in her garden, and she so rich, and bad so many servants aronnd her. Her reply was,* that “she did it that she might set an example to some young man slio might marry; for I would* rather marryn young man whose hands were hard, and who.se skin is burnt by a summer’s sun, than to marry ono of those soft-gloved young men. If needs be he can work and provide for would take such a one every time first.” 1 1 admire her and her noblo courage. ’ indorse her sayings. Hakter. ■Miency to uni boy on the street* yes terday, and without the ceremony of ask ing onr name, be exclaimed : ‘You jest orter been down to the river a while ago.’ ' Why ?’ we inquired. •J acanse, a nigger was in there swimin’ and a big cat fish cum up behind and swallo.wed both his feet and went swini- min’ along on top of the water with him, and there Came up behind another big fish and the nigger swallowed his tail, and the nigger and two fish went swim- min’ about!. ‘Well, then what ? we asked. ‘Why, after a while, the nigger swal lowed his fish, and the other fish Bwal- lowed the nigger, and that’s the last I saw of either of them.’ ‘Sonney,’ said we, ‘with feeUngs of alarm for the boy,’ you are iu a fair way to become the editor of » Radical paper.— Exchange. Kquilibrium of Europe. i Europe, as regards what is called the l balance of power, is in a state of transi- ’^U. There are two principles, it ap- u *** us, which ore at work, and which pears \ destinies if they do not mustcontro. its international rela- entireiy change tions: 1. There is a manifest te- 2. The impairment of the here_ ^ principle through the #xtension of gen eral suffrage. needless to refer, in proof of the first of these propositions; to the events of the last ten years which have taken place in Italy and Germany. The dar ling scheme of the Italian patriots—the consideration of the States of Italy—is yet only partially efteoted, and the ab sorption of Rome, still among the dreams of Garibaldi, is sure of final accomplish ment during the political convulsions which a presaged within tho next five jears. It would bo superfluous to state that Prussia’s aim is tho unification of Germany, and the design is no less ifeet of the absorption of the whole of Germany into the Prussian monarchy. In evidence of the progress of popular principles throughout Europe, let the student of history direet his attention to what ha3 occurred, within a short period, both in the West and East of Europe-- to the concessions made by Austria to the demands of Hungary—io Roumania, to Greece and the Ionian Islands, and, above all, to late events in France.— Would Louis Napoleon have consented to a Plebiscitum if he had not perceived that absolute government’ was no longer possible in France ? But to have a tolerably distinct idea of the nature of the international relations of Europe, we must ascend to the period when these relations assumed order and consistency. This was at the treaty of Westphalia. After a war of thirty years, during which contests for civil suprema cy wero blended with reUgious quarrels, an order of things emerged out of that chaos that assured general peace until the French revolution. Europe admits of being divided into thrfio epochas : 1. From the peace of Westphalit the French revolution of 1G89. 2. From the battle of Austerlitz, to that Savona ; and 3. From that engagement to the ternational relations which are to arise from the war which has been just inaugu rated. The international system of Europe, while it took nearly a century to arrive at order, was disintegrated in less than a quarter of a century by the French revo- ution and the scenes of conquest that grew out of it. The French conquests under the elder Napoleon having subverted the system of international relations which had gradually arisen after the treaty of West phalia, that system was reinstated by the treaty of Vienna, 1815, The Chops.—The Washington corres pondent of the Savannah News, furnishes that paper with the following informa tion in relation to the present crops, as taken from the Report of tho Agricultu ral Department for May. From it, our readers can form some idea of the crops throughout tbo State. The cotton how ever is in a different state at the present tiprxe, than when the information wn? given. The report of the Agricultural Depart- ^oat for May and June, just issued, states tbe 80a8oa thus far has been very favorJ^* 1 ® to ' Stable growth, ex cept in the sin^ element o{ «a«wtnre. The rain-fall has b*^ n deficient in tho cotton States, ftom Sou 4 ^ Carolina to Louisiana. A reduction of o^D per cent, acreage in winter-wheat, as compared with the area of 1869, is estimated in Georgia; and, in the same State tho con- ditic.i 'dfwinter-grain is reported above the average. I quote the following re-, marks ori cotton The cofWff-fiTOWi every Stato, while that of wheat and probably of corn, (though the county es timates of the entire country do not oome in till July 1) has decreased!. If neglect of all other interests can only bo cured by cheap cotton, the sooner the reduc tion comes tho better. The condition of the growing crop in North Carolina is good ; in South Carolina it is looking well, except that some complaint of bad stands is made ; in Georgia it is late, and smaller than usual from effects of a drought of five weeks which terminated May 25, but is growing vigorously now; the dry term was shorter in Florida and Alabama, and cotton is generally in good condition; reports from Mississippi are still more favorable; in Tensas Parish, Louisiana, where the greatest cittou yield of 1869 was made, the condition of the crop is twenty per cent, better than last year, and the acreage is increased one-fifth ; from Texas come reports of a baekwaru spring, with cotton late but thrifty and promising; and no State makes more favorable returns than Ar kansas. The average condition of cotton is better than last year at this time—a fact desirable and gratifying in itself, but of no controlling force in determining the ultimate result. Last season was nn- propirions to August, and afterward fa vorable to an almost unexampled degree, a tenth of the crop being due to the ex treme length and propitious character of the autumnal season. The acreage of sea-island cotton in Texas has been creased. The promise is very general for abundant supply of apples, peara, peach es, and other fruits, especially in the New England and in the other middle States. The following are tho detailed reports from Georgia in relation to winter grain and cotton : Lumpkin county.—Wheat and give promise to a very abundant harvest. The acreage in wheat is fully fifty per cent, greater than that of last year, and the yield will be fifty per cent, above last year, unless there be a disaster next fortnight, Clayton county.—Wheat generally promising—especially the Tappauannock, To what extent France is answerable j which bids fair to excel all other varieties for the results that may grow out of the : bere. present contest, it is for the historian to decide : but it is evident that the war ‘Sometime" The following is one of Mr. Prentice’i Uttle waifs, so many of which appeared in the Louisville Journal in its palmiest days: “ Sometime—It is the sweet, sweet, song, warbled to and fro among the topmost admitting Senatore and Representatives. I boughs of the heart, and filUng tho whole Resolved, That the General Assembly repeal all election laws of Irwin's Revised Code ndt adopted l»y the present State Constitution, and proceed to the enact ment of others suited to the present form of Government. Resolved, TJu»t the General Assembly now proceed to the genera! legislation demanded by the wants of the State. The recons id«ffation of Constituents will not be acted on in the House. Ad journed to Friday. A call appears in the Constitution of j this evening from E. O. Cabanias, Chair man of tho Democratic State Committee, caUing a State Democratic Convention, Atlanta, August 17. A Herr to Marbied Folks.—There is a place in Ohio called Harmony, whore dwell’s a couple who have not spoken for tweuty-ono years. It seems that she Lad occasion to reprove her lord shortly after their marriage, and told him that if he didn’t behave himself she wonld never speak to him again. He said he hoped she wonlden’t, and she hasn’t. They have continued to Uve together peacefully and'daring -the long silence have hall several children. They converse w,ith each other through their children. “Will your mother have some meat*” he asks of a child, and ike wife either holds c ut , . „ _ her plate or shakes her head. “Is yonr between myself and father going to town to-day?” she in- i laid its 'stem, irupas- j quire*. “Tommy I am going to town,” . I have no longer a answers the husband. Now this is a cap ital idea for reticent people. Then again there are hnsbandswho, when thby once get to telling one of their stories which their wives have heard a thousand times, never know when to stop, and there are. wives who; when’they commence about tho servants, children, or neigh bors, : can't stop. So that it wonld m many instmoes be just as well if all con versation (after each knows pretty well what the other would probably say on the subject), nocesrary to-conduct mere do mestic affairs should be conducted through interpreter children. with such joy and gladness songs of the birds do when tho summer morning comes ont of darkness, and day is boro on the mountains. We have all our possessions in the future which call 'sometime.' Beautiful flowers and singing birds are there, only ocr hands seldom grasp the one, or cur ears hear the other. But, oh reader bo of good cheer, for all the good there is a golden 'sometime? when the lulls and valloy’i of time are all passed; when wear and fe- the disappointment and the sorrows of Ufo are over, then there is a place and the rest appointed of God. Oh, homer stead, over whose roof fall no shadows clouds; and over whose threshold the voice of aorrow is never heard; built upon the eternal lulls, and standing with the spires and pinnacles of celestial beau ty among the palm trees of tho city on high, those who love God shall, rest un der tliy shadows, where there is no more sorrow nor pain, nor the sound of weep ing "Romexcherf.” Barrett’s keeps tlie hair n lx ASap&Busxxkss.—Not long sinco ope man asked another what he was doing now-odaVK. “Trying to earn an honest living,” was the reply. “You ought to succeed at it.” was the answer, “for you have d—d few competitors.” Can the world-be so hard as that ?j Is every one trying to get advantage of everyone else ? It Ixd&likeit. ^ OoL Duncan has -introduced a bill to incorporate the Fort Talley and Hawk- insville Railroad Company. ^Unredeemable bonds—T agabonds. between France and Austria, in tlie at tempt to consolidate the States of Italy, Italian unification (promoted by the vic tories of Magenta and Solferino) has caused the enfeebled condition of Aus tria, and reduced her power as a conn- terpose to Prussia. Iu tracing the sequences of these events, the agency of France cannot be overlooked, and if a sufficient motive can be found in declaring war against Prussia, to prevent, if possible, the con- soUdation of all Germany and the conse quent aggrandisement of Prnssia; it must not bo forgotten that it was in promoting the unification of Italy, the policy has become imperative of opposing the unifi cation of Germany. That popular right will enter as an ele ment in reconstructing tlie European bal ance appears to be no less obvious than the process of oonsoUdation. That the voice of the people reflected through their Legislatures will have an agency in the future much greater than in the past, in deciding the question of hostilities, is no less evident Louis Napoleon did but anticipate the wishes of the French peo ple recaUing his Minister from BerUn. How the contest is to tornj’uato, and whether it will belong or s ;..rr duration, will depend on which silo «vdl l*-* die first successers. Austria will remain neutr al until Prussia losse her prestige, ana then she will seek to recover her natural influence in Germany. England will not interpose in theqoarroll unless Russia tervenes. If Russia takes the field as aUy of Prussia, with » view to ulterior- design on Turkey, the flames of a general war will be kindled; nor do we risk much in the prophecy that if the war should be come maritime, so as to involve the fate of Cuba, the United States may be pelled to take a share in the conflict.— Sav Nexs. Kimball’s Opera House. After a careful reading of the report of the Investigating Committees iu the case of Treasurer Angier against Governor Bullock, it is an act of simple justice to state that there is no evidence that, in the remotest degree. impUes any corruption on the part of Mr. IL L Kimball in hia negotiations and settlements with., the Governor for fitting up and preparing his Opera House for use as a State House. The Committee say: “We have exam ined the original aoconnts,” (of the con tractor,) “and find that all the articles charged for have been furnished and have been used hv the State for eighteen months; and tints the bills have all been receipted by the parties from whom the articles were’ purchased. The prices charged seemed reasonable, and theafv oounta aroount in the aggregate , to the sum of873,373 98.” The original contract was $73,000, of which $18,WX) are yet unpaid. We vol untarily and cheerfully make the above * '* * - ipobUo spirited gen- has necessarily been Chattanooga county.—Wheat on bot tomland, although killed to some extent by cold, promises over nn average crop; that on upland is below the average. Murray county.—The season lias been favorable for Crawford county.—Wheat promising. The cold spring injured all crops but wheat. Forsyth county.—Wheat is good, though injured somewhat by the .seven weeks’ drought. Gordon county.—Wheat is extra good. Prdaski county.—-Wheat is excellent for this section. The Tappahannock wheat, received from tho Department, ' the best variety grown hero. Schley county.—Wheat crop much i jured by birds—perhaps one-sixth de stroyed. Cave Spring.—Crops look well—wheat being harvested—a good yield! Baldwin county.—Cotton looks well Planters engaged in “choppingout” Hancock county.—Cotton stand good, but late—showing every day. No rain from early in April to tue 20th of May. Jackson county.—A sorry stand of cot ton, owing to the dry weather. A five weeks’ drought just ended. Maoon county, Ga.—The drought has not seriously injured cotton, except in growth. It is about two weeks behind size. Morgan county.—Cotton never more promising. Spaulding county.—Cotton is in much TELEGRAPHIC. From the Seat of War. Washington, July 21.—Noon.—No fighting reported by oar latest European dispatches up to this da to. Bf.bun, July 21.—Tho mouth of tho river IVeser has been closed with sunken hulks, to prevent the entrance of vessels of .the French navv. 'liONDox, July 21.—The battle yester- <133*, reported to have oocured at Forbaeh was-a mere exchange of shots by sentinels on customary patrol. Tlie steamships Southampton, Leipzig, Moire and New York, of tlie German line, ° re still in NoW York.. The statement mado yesterday after noon; that Iho English Government in tends to dispatch troops to protect Bel- ~inrfb -is generally discredited. Tho ai^y-Newi of this morning prononnees the tumor false. . Tto officers of the bank of. England have just announced an advance in the rate of discount of one-half of one per cent* Tlie minimum rates is now three ted amid deafeninj France. * Constantinople, July 21.—The Tur kish army is now three hundred thous and strong. The policy of Turkey is absolute neutrality. London, July 21.—It is said that a further advance of the rate of interest is • contemplated. The fact that Austria is ordering an extended field of maneuvers in Hungary accepted as proving her sincerity. Paris, July 21.—One journal of this city to-day accepts the war between France and Prussia as “ God’s interven tion to check Protestantism.” 3 r. ir.—The war news is unimportant. News from Paris to noon report no fight ing. The Times’ editorial deplores tho death of Paradol. Berlin, July 21.—Tho estimated de cline in tho number of German immi grants to America, this year, will reach fultv one hundred thousand on account of the war. Berlin, July 21,—Count Yon Bis marck informed the North German Par liament yesterday that the declaration of war was the first and only document of ficially reeeivedjifrom France, proving: conclusively that surprise was inten ded. believed that Austria will main tain positive neutrality without arm- toff. Paris, July 21.—Tho proclamation of infallibility, accompanied with much im posing religious ceremonies, has been promulgated at Rome. The public received the proclamation with great rejoicings. Madrid, July 21.—Paris people gen erally ridicule the proclamation of infalU- bilitv. atrocious assassinations that human son cannot account for, and that curdle our blood as wo read the horrible story. On Wednesday night, 13th, Thomas M. Alexander, a young man of high standing and estimable character, luul been spending the evening with a lady (Miss Gaulding), and about 12 o’clock started home. When he had ridden but a short distance a gun was discliarged from behind a tree, and a full load of buck shot lodged to his right arm and side, killing him instantly. Jimpsey A. Hunter, a * rival for the la dy’s hand, was nt once and universally suspicioned, and was arrested. A jury of inquest was impanelled and this ver dict rendered : “The evidence and circumstance at tending the inquest point to Jimpsey A. Hunter as the person who, with malice aforethought, and without the fear of God before his eyes, did hold and Are the gun which caused the death of Thom as M. Alexander as aforesaid, against tho peace and dignity of tho State afore said.” Hunter is now to tho dungeonrof the Brooks county Jail, and tho Jail is close ly guarded to prevent escape on the one hand, and mob laifr on the other. Liquor Dealer’s Association against John M. Harwell, F. O., Injunction be fore Judge Parrott, at Chambers. This case was heard before Judge Parrott, on a motion to discontinue injunction and general demurrer. John D. Pope, Esq.,, for the State, and Hulsey and Tignor, for complaints. Judge Pope! insisted that the act of 18C9 was constitutional, levying a specific tax of 20 per cent, on every gal lon of Uquor sold, and that the 3d See. Art. 6th, authorized the General Assem bly to assess such tax. W. A. Tignor,; one of the counsel for complainants; con- „ tended that the 3d Sect. Art. 6th, should better condition tluin at same date last he construed with that general clause of year. The stand is go 3d and the crop *“ good order. Sumter county.—Owing to the drought the cotton is small The stand is poor, but that which is np looks welL Decatur county.—The cotton crop has been retarded by the dry weather, and tho stand materially affected. Schley county.—Cotton backward, ow ing to tho drought. Bartow county.—Excellent stand of cotton, and the plants grow vigorously. Harris county.—The rain'on the 29th alt. brought up the cotton that had failed to come on before, of which there was considerable, and the prospect for a good crop has brightened. Cave Spring.—Cotton crop promising; but too much planted. Com growing beautifully—too Uttio planted. Freed- men working well Jackson county, Fla.—Cotton is about two weeks behind its usual growth on account of the late spring. A drought of two or three weeks followed the sudden opening of summer; but rains liave been pretty general within the last ten. days and the crops is now looking well. SguThe Augusta fb,institutionalist, of the 20th, has the following paragraph, which, we hope, may yet prove unfound ed: A gentleman who arrived iu this city last night, to summon a physician, reports two cases of genuine blaek vomit at Bath Paper Mills, the victims, two male opera tives in the rag department of the mills. Two females are Also reported seriously 01, with all thesyarptomsof yellow fever, although hope is entertained of tbdir re covery under prompt medical attention. No hope was entertained of the recovery of the two mefi. We trust that this re-‘ ported advance of **Yellow Jack” oh Au gusta may turnout, as we are inclined tp oeUeve it, * misoonoeptionof. the disease which has developed itself at Bath, would counsel our citizens againsl often mentioned in discussing Governor undue alarm. Bullock’s malfeasances, and no doubt ‘ his (Mr. K’s) prejudice in the minds _ Bishops Andrews Wightman and Pierce parties not acquainted with tim facts.— were all to attendance at the commenco- Atlcmta Constitution. 1 ment at Emory College. the bill of rights, declaring that taxation on property shall be ad valorem only and uniform on all species of property taxed; that said 3d Section, was not in opposi tion to said general danse, and that any law pretending to carry but said section and that defeated said clause' was uncon stitutional- That a special tax might be imposed on the sale of Uquora which would still be ad valorem; and that the General Assembly were restrained from passing any law which authorised a spe cial tax to be imposed in any esse where itoould b® imposed ad valorem, wherein they did, not secure this right guaranteed in said general clause. Injunction .was dissolved. Demurrer sustained, and Rill dismissed. Counsel for complainants excepted. The case will be carried-up. [Atlanta Sun. _ One of the legacies bequeathed by the Congress winch adjourned Friday, to the business men of the nation; fa the income tax. That infamous and unneo- essaiy burden has been strapped to the backs of men already tottering underpe- camary loads for two more years. They asked to be relieved from this unjust ex action. They pointed out tho unjust and . unfair character of the. bffl" in question. They stripped tho movement of all poht- lcai basis, and allowed it to rest upon business treaties alone, andwtill a Baflic- al Congress and a Radical President turned a deaf 'ear to their entreaties, and re-impowsd fhe tax. Thus waaf done to keep in place a host of oflfee-holdfcfcto and,to fatten on tho hard earnings itineas men. ••The whole movement u^uia^mtojoffibe-holders, andmem- portedimd«ttdortB4> hfiwBadfcSl^on* AlVfeitem'papi* strikes tho names of •it™, subscriber from' ifs7 list/because were recently Jiuhg. The publisher says ho was compelled to be se vere, be- cause he did not’ know their present ad dress.